Letters to the Editor Nov. 1
Don't count on a door knock
BARBARA ANN SNYDER, Ojai
Thank you for your excellent Oct. 25 editorial, “Are you ready for that knock?”
There was one very important item omitted that I would like to add.
Letters to the Editor Oct. 25
Time for action on debris basin
BRAN DECKER, Ojai
I appreciate the articles and research by the Ojai Valley News, and especially, Perry Van Houten, regarding the need to clean up the debris basin for the diversion channel to Lake Casitas. We should follow through and communicate with our elected officials and other agencies that have jurisdiction over the watershed.
Laurie Walters Slade's comments in court on Oct. 24, 2019, about her husband, John Slade
John and Laurie Slade
First I need to thank people so I don't get overwhelmed and forget — I am so grateful — first my two sisters, without whom I never could have survived this loss. And I thank all of our friends in Ojai who loved John, too, and have given me so much amazing support. I thank Andrea Stewart who has guided me through the legal system these last two years and more. And I thank the wonderful Deputy District Attorney Rafael Orellana who is so smart, and worked so hard on this case, and, in particular, I thank him for being such a compassionate listener.
Letters to the Editor Oct. 18
Nordhoff golf team says thank you
DICK SEBEK, NHS Golf Coach
On behalf of the Nordhoff High School golf program, I want to thank both the Soule Park Senior Men's Golf Club and the Ojai Family Shelter Golf Tournament for their generous donations to our teams. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Letters to the Editor Oct. 4
Time to transition to organic farming
SUE WILLIAMSON, Ojai
Re: Emily Ayala’s Sept. 27 letter, “Pesticides allow sustainable crops”:
It’s very disconcerting to read a local farmer’s letter accusing those of us suffering from the harmful effects of pesticide spraying in the valley of passing on “hysterical fear-based and nonscientific” information. Where is her scientific proof of the harmlessness of these poisons?
Letters to the Editor Sept. 27
Try kindness
ERNIE ROIDE, Ojai
Re: your Sept. 6 editorial, “Kindness challenge”
Oh my, oh my, oh my.
Letters to the Editor Sept. 20
Winery vote a sad commentary
ANDREW R. HOLGUIN, Manager, Old Creek Ranch Winery
The Holguin Family’s Old Creek Ranch Winery’s Appeal to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 17 was a sad commentary on the state of land-use management in Ventura County and representative of why Ventura County has only one rural winery, while our friends in Santa Barbara have more than 300.
Letters to the Editor Sept. 13
Vehicles are the real problem
A. ADAMS, Ojai
Sheri Ann Cate’s letter, dated Sept. 6, reminds me of the plastic straw ban, a picayune item compared to the multitudinous plastic containers in any well-stocked market.
Letters to the Editor Sept. 6
Time to clear the air in Ojai
SHERI ANN CATE, Ojai
Thanks to the editor and publisher of the Ojai Valley News for your editorial about the “elephant in the room,” or rather, the elephant in the Ojai Valley. Our poor air quality (second worst in Ventura County behind Simi Valley) is mainly caused, not by cars, but by small 2- and 4-stroke engines (read gasoline-powered leaf blowers, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers etc., i.e. garden maintenance equipment).
Letters to the Editor Aug. 30
Young men's kind assistance welcome
SIDNEY L. COHN, Ojai
I send thumbs up to the three young men who assisted me when I rolled my scooter and myself at Soule Park Golf Course. I hit some barriers on the side of the starter's office and I tumbled out of the scooter and onto the asphalt road. Almost immediately three young men appeared, helped me to my feet, and bandaged me up from the few cuts and bruises that resulted. I regret that I didn't get their names, but many thanks just the same; they were Johnnies on the spot!
Letters to the Editor Aug. 23
Replace fear with facts
AL STROBERG, Ojai
It seems unlikely that Victoria Baldwin, in her exhortation to use Blue Dawn Dish Soap to kill weeds (OVN Aug. 16) is aware of the evaluation by the Environmental Working Group, which gave Dawn a “D” grade because of it containing methylisothiazolinone, which is a "High Concern: acute aquatic toxicity; Some Concern: skin irritation/allergies/damage." Dawn also contains 1 4-dioxane, which is considered a “groundwater contaminant.”